skye614

i would take the one that will give you the most experience, where you feel you can learn, where the coworkers seem nice... trust me, get your experience and then you can go where you want!

I graduated in July 2012. I worked graveyard in assisted living, prn in skilled and finally landed a job as a staff nurse in a urology practice. Money is great, no holidays, nights, weekends. The learning experience has been invaluble, and its a great and exciting job, as far as freedom, depending on what you are looking for, if its decent scheduling or flexible schduling you should try per diem work or look for work in a clinic or office setting.

I am a newer LPN, and all through school I heard the term " Nurses eat their young"...While I havent seen it often, except for one LPN who acted like she was a doctor and was never a new nurse, I will tell you that I can imagine that you will encounter some nurses that just dont like the new ones, on the upside for every nurse like that, you will probably encounter 10 others who will be more than willing to help you and will teach you valuable lessons. When I got my first job as an LPN, I started right out of school as a temp unit clerk and was then trained for a pool position in a skilled nursing facility. I most certainly did not know how to do everything, I was nervous and always asking questions. I am really big on the "what if's"...what if this happens, what if that happens....etc.... the truth is that you are dealing with human beings, and while policies and procedures are in black and white, people are all a gray area, unpredictable and unique. Even clinicals, training and orientation can never totally prepare you for every single thing that happens. That is the benefit of gaining experience, and you will, and for every day that goes by, every patient you encounter and every situation you witness you will take that experience and carry it with you until you become a seasoned nurse. I think it is a process, one that I am still learning, as will you. Dont let any bad experiences drag you down.

I make $30.00 hr as a per diem lpn at long term care facility in bucks county, pa. But key word is per diem, that os.typically not ft or pt pay for an LPN

I graduated in june and had no luck even with.getting.a.call back. Until i decided that for every app i put in online, i made a personal phone call to the facility, and left messages either on the hr depts voicemail, sometimes even the director of nursing. It works!!! I started getting.call backs.. I just had 2 interviews and got offered both jobs... The one is ft w benefits.and i never have to give a med, do a treatment, *** lol ???

Do not study for nclex pn with rn questions. Simply because the.nclex is all about applied knowledge, what would you do etc....although the general knowlegde may be similar, there are two different scopes of practice which could trip you up on questions

I just took my NCLEX yesterday, shut off at 85, and on the BON I show an Active License. I do however know that I left feeling like I failed. My suggestions for you are to read the Kaplan Study Guide book, and do as many questions as possible.... while you have to know the knowledge, there are many strategies that can help you. The biggest mistake is scanning for key words in answers, it is a surefire way to fail. Also, you MUST eliminate answers and ASK YOURSELF what is this question really asking? Read them carefully.... I had like at least 21 select all that apply.... UGH it was awful

I planned on making a lot of sacrifices when I enrolled in the LPN program. what I learned that it is one thing to talk about sacrificing and another thing to experience it. I missed out on a year of being fully available to my family, I never saw my husband, who worked 2 full time jobs so that I could concentrate on school. I had to put my son in full time daycare ( which he really loved) but by the time I picked him up i had about 3 hrs with him and he was in bed. I gained a knowledge of nursing theory and discovered a love for succeeding in school which I never knew existed before then. I learned what kind of nurse I wanted to be, and gained a ton of personal insight. Everything I took away with me from school was well worth the time I sacrificed. I graduated at the end of June, took my Nclex yesterday and today my name is showing on the BON with an active license.... Best feeling in the world....Good Luck to you

Mine is not an overbearing opinion, its a positive statement countering your somewhat disparaging remarks that you call "The truth"...... You are correct in saying that no one is right or wrong, and I do not claim to be correct, nor do I agree that you are, I may however be a tad more positive. ....... I do not wish to argue over this post, only to say I have no idea why my statement would "deeply offend your intelligence". Lets just agree to disagree.

@ Baldee?? Are you an RN or an LPN? Or if not either, what is your course of study? .... I find some of your comments a bit disturbing and I find you to be very disparaging of the people that have chosen to get their LPN. Especially your statement about "what you want and call sucess".... True success is never defined only by what you do for a living or what you make.. I myself did not enter the LPN program to "skirt" a hard academic battle, it was a personal choice to be able to enter the job market as soon as possible while then being able to further my nursing degree, and as for RN's having more clout? Yeah, maybe in the healthcare field, RN's have more variety in job oppurtunities, and are allowed to do much more within their scope of practice, but I have heard plenty of times, and have seen it myself some LPNs that can run circles around the RN's...and thats nothing against RN;s just fact....

Totally get it, I have a 2 year old(also on the spectrum), I go to school 5 days a week 8-330pm. My husband works 2 full time jobs from midnight to 8 am then his other job from 8am to 430pm, basically that makes me a single mother and responsible for most everything.... to be honest, The kids wont change, they are kids, but the person that needs to change is your husband, he should be a support to you, not another burden. If he is a stay at home dad, then he should be taking them to the doctors appts, and handling at least some of the burden of housework. I truly can get nothing done when my son is awake... I open a book, and he shuts it, so I gave up as it only made me more frustrated, sometimes I want to cry... but my husband is understading about things, he does try and give me some time on the weekends to myself so I can go and study, I also try to sit in my car for maybe an hour before I pick my son up from daycare... then after he goes to bed, I try and get stuff done too... it is extremely hard for all mothers ( and fathers) who are trying to balance a family life and go to school. But it can be done...I told my husband from the very beginning when I was applying to school, I need one year, it will be a sacrifice, but you need to give it to me.... It has made extra work for all of us, me with taking on full time school, while trying to raise a toddler, and manage a house... and him because he basically works all the time and gets no sleep or time for himself... I cry when I think about a night that he has off and instead of us being able to watch a movie or just sit and talk, I have to study, and he has to get the kid to bed.... but it is only a small amount of time before you are a nurse, working hard, but more able to enjoy the family that you have!!!! I wish you the best of luck!!!!

I go to BUCKS CCC currently. They consider passing by your composite percentile score. This year for admission, you needed to have 55 or over to get invited to the 2nd phase of admission. Plus they have really upped the criteria to get in... I heard the previous year;s class had about 46 people. As far as I know, there were at least 140 ppl that took the NLN for this years program. My class admitted 27.... now halfway through we have 24 ( 3 already dropped out)...... Rough stuff

I live in Bucks County, PA,,, and I am halfway through LPN program at community College. The req here to bridge to RN is you must have pre req's(you get nutrition and communications while in LPN, the rest you have to get yourself before applying to ADN), you must work for one year as an LPN, this allows you to have the option to "Test Out" of Nursing I and II. That leaves you with only two nursing classes to complete... Not too bad.... Plus, if you were a good student, it makes it easier to get accepted to nursing school there... Not too bad... Also, there are plenty of Jobs for LPN's out there, There is a nursing home that I am doing my clinical rotation at now, and they start LPN's at 26.00 hr.... My husband's aunt has been an LPN for about 11 years, she makes way more than my mother in law who is an RN.... Its all about searching around and getting experience under your belt!!!!

Im 33, and after totally screwing up in high school, I never gave school another thought, till I got out in the real world and realized how important education really is and the doors that it can open to you both professionally and personally. I was amom at 18, and pretty much gave up on going back, I got married at 30, had a little boy, and finally got up the nerve to go back to school. I thought forever that I would be the oldest, or I wouldnt fit in with the other students, and I thought maybe I would slack off like I did in High School. I started in July 2011, and what a diverse class it is... a great mix of women and men from 21 to over 50.... and everyone brings their own uniqueness to the table....Instead of shying away like I thought I would, most people refer to me as either the class clown, or they call me Doctor because my GPA is probably one of the highest in the class.... Turns out, I found within myself what many told me for years, " your smart, go back to school, you can do it" I never believed I would even care, Ironically, I have found within myself an intense desire to succeed, and determination that I didnt think existed.... The moral of this story is that you should do what you know is good for you, school is a WONDERFUL experience, and you are never ever too old to persue your dreams~~~~~~@!!!!!!